[Dovecot] Dovecot push imap/imap notify support?

[Bill Cole]

At 2:26 PM -0400 10/31/07, Charles Marcus wrote:
>>Hmm, seems yes. Osx Leopard built in Mail application have now the 
>>IDLE check box. Does it mean, that now need to use  the classic 
>>"check for new mail after  xx minute" at all? Btw, seems in 
>>Thunderbird this imap push works well.
>
>Isn't one downside to IDLE that only the current selected folder works?

yes

>Ie, if you are in a folder other than Inbox, you wouldn't get IDLE

A common approach for clients using IDLE as a push alternative is to 
open multiple connections, running an IDLE in each mailbox.

For example, I currently have ChatterEmail running on my Treo with 5 
open connections to my Dovecot server, one for each of 5 folders.
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Bill Cole                                  
bill at scconsult.com